Tab. 5835. 

 ACACIA RICEANA. 



Mr. Spring -Mice s Acacia. 



Nat. Ord. Leguminos^e. — Polygamia Moncecia. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5191.) 



Acacia Ficeana; arbuscula glaberrima, ramulis pendulis angulatis gracilibus 

 apicibus tomentosis, phyllodiis anguste linearibus lineari-subulatisve 

 sparsis subverticillatisve acuminato-pungentibus uninerviis, pedunculis 

 elongatis gracilibus dissitifloris phyllodia superantibus, bracteolis brevi- 

 bus, calyce brevissirno 3-lobo, floribus majusculis, leguminibus gra- 

 cilibus linearibus valde curvis petalis persistentibus suffultis. 



Acacia Kiceana ; Henslow in Maunder '$ Botanist, vol. iii. No. 135; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Tasmanica, vol. i. p. 106; Benth., Fl. Austral., vol. ii. p. 335. 



Acacia setigera, Hook., Ic. FL, tab. 316. 



This is by far the most beautiful Acacia of Tasmania, to 

 the southern parts of which island it seems to be confined ; 

 growing like a weeping willow on the banks of the streams 

 that fall into the Derwent. It was discovered by Eobert 

 Brown in the early part of the century, but it was not till 

 nearly forty years afterwards that it was made known in 

 this country; firstly by specimens communicated to Sir 

 Wm. Hooker by Eonald Gunn, Esq., F.R.S., and afterwards 

 from seeds sent to the Right Hon. T. Spring Rice (then 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer, .afterwards Lord Monteagle) ; 

 in honour of whom it was named. It is remarkable that so 

 fine a greenhouse ornament should be comparatively rare in 

 cultivation; for its deep green perennial foliage, its long 

 whip-like pendent branches, clothed with golden flowers, 

 the facility with which it can be trained over columns and 

 arches, and the length of time during which it remains in 

 flower, render it one of the most desirable acquisitions for a 

 mav 1st, 1870. 



